The federal appeals court, often considered the nation's most conservative, said Louisiana can end a 32-year-old consent decree meant to ensure a fair chance for Blacks
August 29, 2024
New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams promised to address the city's history of prosecutorial and police misconduct
September 02, 202410-year-old in custody in Minden double homicide
September 03, 2024
Police say an 11-year-old boy is suspected of using two guns to fatally shoot a former Louisiana mayor and his daughter over the weekend
September 03, 2024Webster DA: 11-year-old is youngest ever prosecuted in parish
September 04, 2024Animal abuse increases in Louisiana
September 05, 2024Although it has been nearly four years since hurricanes Laura and Delta decimated southwest Louisiana and caused an estimated $22 billion in damage nationwide, some residents say they are still far from recovery
September 06, 2024Tropical Storm Francine forces evacuations along Gulf Coast, Louisiana under hurricane warning
September 09, 2024
Tropical Storm Francine has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall as a hurricane at mid-week in Louisiana
September 09, 2024
Tropical storm Francine has formed over the Louisiana coast and is expected to gain hurricane strength on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
September 09, 2024Francine has become a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico as it bears down on the Louisiana coast
September 10, 2024
FedEx said on Tuesday pickup and delivery services in some markets of Louisiana could be disrupted by the expected upheaval from Storm Francine, which is set to become the fourth hurricane
September 10, 2024
Hurricane Francine has slammed into Louisiana as a dangerous Category 2 storm, knocking out power to more than a quarter million customers and threatening a large stretch of the Gulf Coast with flooding and destructive winds
September 11, 2024
Hurricane Francine came ashore in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, pounding New Orleans with heavy rains and gusty winds while threatening the wider Gulf Coast
September 11, 2024
Energy production and agricultural exports out of the U.S.
September 11, 2024
Hurricane Francine made landfall Wednesday
September 11, 2024
Over 250,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana were without power on Thursday after Hurricane Francine barreled onto the state's Gulf Coast, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
September 12, 2024
Man steals Shreveport public works truck, arrested after chase into DeSoto
September 13, 2024For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico
September 17, 2024
Louisiana prosecutors have dismissed the most serious state charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene
September 26, 2024
A new Louisiana law requires abortion meds to be locked in a cabinet, even if needed for emergency care
October 01, 2024
The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities
October 07, 2024
New Orleans power outage caused by Mylar balloon, Entergy reports
October 07, 2024Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole heritage will take center stage when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture through music, arts, food and community
October 09, 2024
A federal judge has heard arguments on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1
October 21, 2024
A genealogist spent years scouring historical records to trace the lives and establish the identities of enslaved people she believes are buried on the grounds of Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group's $9.4 billion facility in southeast Louisiana
October 21, 2024
Louisiana’s 2020 Teacher of the Year, has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1
October 23, 2024
It is official
October 23, 2024
Louisiana boy with autism gets dream ticket to Taylor Swift show
October 23, 2024
Louisiana officials have begun moving a homeless encampment near the Superdome in New Orleans, days before three weekend concerts by Taylor Swift
October 23, 2024
It’s taken 38 years, but Louisiana authorities have finally identified a woman whose body was found floating in Lake Pontchartrain
October 24, 2024Louisiana Gov. forces removal of New Orleans homeless encampment ahead of Taylor Swift concerts this weekend
October 25, 2024
A judge in Louisiana has temporarily blocked further efforts by state officials to clear homeless encampments in New Orleans
October 26, 2024
Bossier City woman hit, run over by thief stealing her car
October 30, 2024
Mystery mushroom candies raise concerns over safety and labeling
October 30, 2024
Shreveport mother convicted of neglect of family
October 31, 2024
Louisiana’s new law categorizing two widely used abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances is being challenged in a state court lawsuit by a physician, a pharmacist, two women who had difficult pregnancies and others
October 31, 2024
A group of healthcare providers and others on Thursday sued Louisiana in an effort to block a law that classified mifepristone and misoprostol, the drugs used in
October 31, 2024
The Supreme Court is taking up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana’s congressional map with two mostly Black districts
November 04, 2024
Supreme Court agrees to review Louisiana congressional map that favors Democrats
November 04, 2024
The U.S.
November 04, 2024
Former President Donald Trump won Louisiana on Tuesday for the third consecutive presidential election, increasing his electoral vote tally by eight
November 06, 2024Republican Rep. Clay Higgins won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Louisiana on Tuesday
November 06, 2024Republican Rep. Julia Letlow won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Louisiana on Tuesday
November 06, 2024Republican Rep. Steve Scalise won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Louisiana on Tuesday
November 06, 2024Democratic Rep. Troy Carter won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Louisiana on Tuesday
November 06, 2024Tulane police investigating after a person attacked by hammer near downtown campus
November 11, 2024A federal judge on Tuesday declared unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms in the state.
November 12, 2024
Louisiana Attorney General Elizabeth Murrill says the state will ask a federal appeals court to quickly stay a lower court's order declaring unconstitutional a law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1
November 12, 2024
Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments
November 12, 2024Lawyers for the state of Louisiana are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to immediately block a judge’s ruling ordering education officials to tell all local districts that a law requiring schools to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms is unconstitutional
November 14, 2024
An LSU student who is accused of threating to kill Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has been arrested
November 14, 2024SPD: Child hit with extension cord, mother arrested
November 20, 2024
Louisiana’s plan to make all public school classrooms in the state post the Ten Commandments next year remains on hold under a federal appeals court ruling in New Orleans
November 20, 2024
Louisiana's GOP-dominated Legislature approved a constitutional amendment on Friday that would allow lawmakers to expand the number of crimes in which juveniles between 14 and 16 years old could be tried as adults
November 22, 2024Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase
November 22, 2024
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